Preeeety crazy to see all these artists on their grind back then. Shouts to Mauricio for passing this along!

The year was 2003:

A passionate group of up and coming directors, artists, and community leaders embarked on a musical journey. The goal: to throw down the realest rap show the city had ever experienced. The goal was accomplished.
Held at Toronto’s legendary concert venue The Reverb, 4 cameras captured the entire thing. From the soundcheck, backstage, to the gathering crow at the door, we see everything, and get a very unique glimpse of Toronto at a very special time when Hip Hop was really Alive in the city.

Earlier this year the CBC put together a Hip-hop Summit to pay homage to Toronto and Canada’s on-going hip-hop legacy. Tomorrow (Canada Day) @ 5pm on CBC Toronto will be presenting a documentary – “Love, Props & The T.Dot: Toronto’s Hip Hop History” – that incorporates footage from that show, along with interviews from some of this city’s legends – to tell a bit about a story we’ve all lived – but have never seen televised nationally.

Big shouts to all the people over at CBC and in this city that made all this possible. Salute.

Official info below:

Love, Props and the T.Dot: Toronto’s Hip Hop History
A documentary premier on CBC Television hosted by Dwight Drummond

Know Your Rights is a public legal education film(with unreleased and official Smugglaz music) that aims to provide people, and particularly youth in at risk environments, with: basic information about their rights when dealing with police; an understanding of powers of arrest, detention and search; strategies to deal with various situations relating to police contact; and an understanding of the recourse available when someone experiences an abuse of police power.

Jane-Finch.com invites you to the premier screening of Know Your Rights on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at:

York Woods Library Theatre, 1785 Finch Avenue West, Toronto
Food and Refreshments will be served at 7pm, Screening at 7:30pm followed by Q&A